Rentmac - now here's a scam

[scirocco265]

Searched for related threads but couldn't find any. A lesson for all those Nigerian banks, 5 steps to a successful scam:

1 - Pretend to be subsidiary of large dealer group by giving Company registration number and name of Company Secretary.
2 - Pass media credit checks using above method to score in excess of £100ks worth of advertising on 28-day credit terms.
3 - Run National ads in the FT and Guardian offering a too-good-to-be-true car rental with large desposit.
4 - Tell customers that you have a problem processing card payments so BACS transfers only.
5 - Withdraw cash from bank, do a runner.

Article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/jan/08/rentma...

Cracking.

[JohnnyJones]

Belter.

Did you see the holiday let scam late last summer in London?

[Parrot of Doom]

I'm amazed people fall for this stuff. Any company having problems processing its payments and asking, basically, for "cash in hand" = dodgy as fk.

[MK4 Slowride]

...soon to be staring Bradd Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Daemon.